MenPPPA: Bill On TPKS Umbrella Comprehensive Law For Protecting Women And Children

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JAKARTA - The Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (MenPPPA) Bintang Puspayoga said his party would coordinate and consult with the DPR RI to discuss the Draft Law (RUU) on the Crime of Sexual Violence (TPKS).

This is in accordance with the order of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who wants the draft law to be immediately ratified into law.

"We, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, continue to coordinate and consult with the DPR," Bintang said in a statement quoted from the PPPA Ministry's YouTube, Wednesday, January 5.

Bintang said his ministry is ready to make efforts so that the TPKS Bill is immediately discussed and ratified. Thus, the draft law can serve as a legal umbrella to protect women and children from sexual violence.

"Not only can the TPKS Bill be immediately discussed and ratified, but it really becomes a comprehensive legal umbrella that protects Indonesian people, especially women and children, from sexual violence," he said.

Furthermore, Bintang also said his ministry had involved other parties to discuss this legislation, such as organizations, religious and traditional leaders, community institutions, academics, and law enforcement officials.

Not only that, KemenPPPA has actually compiled a list of problem inventories (DIM) in 2017 with the Ministry of State Secretariat. However, the TPKS Bill has not yet been ratified.

"KemenPPPA is mobilizing all its resources to carry out various efforts involving the DPR, organizations, religious and customary leaders, community institutions, academics, mass media, as well as government officials and law enforcement institutions to ensure that the TPKS Bill can be immediately discussed and ratified," he said. .

As previously reported, President Jokowi asked for the TPKS Bill to be ratified immediately. This is intended so that this regulation can protect victims of sexual violence that is rampant in recent times.

"I hope that the bill on the crime of sexual violence can be passed soon so that it provides maximum protection for victims of sexual violence in the country," said Jokowi in his statement as seen on the Presidential Secretariat Youtube, Tuesday, January 4.